Chapter 16

Remember That the Cure for Your Pain jIs in Your Pain

 

There were times when my body was weak and not able to sustain me. I almost died and that’s when I lost my fear of death and learned to live. I failed both personally and professionally, but I realized that I could persevere. There is nothing anyone can do to me that causes fear and that in turn allows me the freedom to do what I want to do.

—ELIZABETH ANDREWS, CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI

 

When I was a little boy, my father introduced me to the theory that “the cure for the pain is in the pain.” To make sure that he had my full attention during our “character developmental” sessions, he used a black or brown leather belt as his visual aid. Before he commenced these lessons ...

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